To ODF and beyond: sharing experiences from the Pan African CLTS programme

Through this briefing paper Plan Netherlands aims to capture and share challenges and lessons learned from a large regional Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) Programme that was implemented in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Malawi, Zambia, Ghana, Sierra Leone and Niger between 2010 and 2016. Main Lessons have been to: budget and strategize for sustainability from the beginning, integrate CLTS with sanitation marketing activities, use a phased approach with multiple methods, include a CLTS sensitive baseline, use CLTS as a tool to empower women and girls, ensure that hygiene is a distinct component and improve M&E and sharing and learning of any future CLTS programme. These lessons are of use for other organisations using CLTS and could inform practice of new and existing programmes and contribute to improving the impact of CLTS activities.